Nonsurgical closure of a patent foramen ovale in a patient with carcinoid heart disease and severe hypoxia from interatrial shunting

We report the percutaneous transcatheter closure of a patent foremen ovale using an Amplatzer septal occluder in a rare patient with carcinoid heart d isease involving both the right and left heart who presented with severe hy poxemia secondary to intra-atrial shunting. We believe this is the first re port of this technique being utilized in a patient with carcinoid heart dis ease and it may represent an alternative to surgical closure in these patie nts at high risk for surgical complications. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51: 210-213, 2000. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.